Top Gear Rally

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Top Gear Rally

Developer(s)	Kemco, Boss Game Studios, Tantalus Interactive
Publisher(s)	Kemco
Release date(s)	1997, 2003
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone (E)
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance

Top Gear Rally is a rally game for the Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. It features six tracks. It has a feature that allows the user to give their virtual cars custom paint jobs. Although the name stayed the same, the developers changed between consoles. As a result, the games are very different depending on the platform, but they often have similar features such as the paint shop.

The Nintendo 64 edition of Top Gear Rally has an electronic MIDI soundtrack composed by the same artist as the older Super Nintendo Top Gear releases. The game features a realistic physics model with functioning suspension, a relatively new gameplay development for the time. The graphics were very advanced at the time of the game's release, and as a result the game will slow down dramatically if more than 3 cars are shown at once. Kemco/Boss Games did not have licenses to use the real car names so the names are somewhat disguised within the game. However, an advantage to this is they can use car damage (although the damage does not affect performance). The game's release was met with mixed reviews from journalists and gamers alike. This version of Top Gear Rally was also released as a PC title called Boss Rally.

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Top Gear Rally for Nintendo 64

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In the Nintendo 64 version of the game, it is possible for the player to gain an immense advantage by riding the rails at the sides of the road in most tracks. The rails don't slow the car down nearly as much as normal cornering, allowing the player to maintain top speed even through very sharp turns. Boss Games' later N64 title, World Driver Championship, did not have this cheat ability.